NGC 7816
NGC 7816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7816 as it looked roughly 245 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7834Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7827Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7802Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7827Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral12 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).